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Since moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2010, our efforts have shined the light on the barbaric reality of late-term abortion and the role New Mexico plays, having the largest late-term abortion “Killing Center” in the world outside of communist China! In fact, Albuquerque is now known nationally as the Late-Term Abortion Capital of America due to the fact that women travel from all across the country…and the WORLD to have late-term abortions that are illegal where they live. Recently, Bristol Palin (daughter of Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin) wrote an article titled, “Woman Traveled from UK to US to Have an Abortion at 30 Weeks.” Here is a brief excerpt:

“Why should our country be the abortion destination? A 20-year-old woman from the UK traveled all the way to New Mexico just so that she could get an abortion. Why did she have to do that? Because abortion at 30 weeks is illegal in the UK. Is this what our country has become? The place you can come to kill your child when your own country won’t let you? This has to change!”

While other states (and countries) have severely restricted abortions by passing various laws, New Mexico is ranked #1 by the pro-aborts (according to an article in the ABQ Journal) as having the freest access to abortion since there are no laws limiting abortion. Abortions are fully funded by state tax dollars and it is legal to kill a baby up to the day of birth in New Mexico.

Needless to say, we have our work cut out for us as Pro-Life Missionaries! But, that is why we moved here to New Mexico to work to make it, “Abortion Free.”

One of our strategies has been to expose late-term abortion since nearly 90% of Americans oppose late-term abortions. In addition, we have tirelessly documented and exposed abortionists who are running grossly negligent abortion mills, which we know will eventually shut them down for good.

We helped launch the first ever citywide referendum that attempted to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2013. This legislative session, our groundbreaking research and public exposure campaign (Protest ABQ) was the catalyst of the first pro-life bill to EVER pass the New Mexico House…a Late-Term Abortion Ban!

City, State and Federal Efforts to Ban Late Term Abortion

This month, in a monumental national effort to ban late-term abortions, Bud traveled all the way across the country to Washington D.C. and stood in solidarity with pro-life leaders in calling for a vote on H.R. 36, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Coinciding with the National Day of Prayer (May 6, 2015), pro-life leaders gathered at U.S. House Speaker, John Boehner’s office to pray and urge the passage of a National Ban on Late-Term Abortions. Bud hand delivered signatures collected from a petition by New Mexicans and voices from all across the nation calling for an end to abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy to House Speaker Boehner’s office…and just days later the U.S. House did just that! When House Speaker John Boehner gave his speech in support of the 20-wk Late-Term Abortion Ban on the House Floor urging Congress to pass the bill he noted, “And I want to take a moment to recognize all of the Americans who spoke out for this bill. Your voices have been heard.”

Pastor Manny and Bud with petition signed to deliver to Speaker Boehner.

Praise God for His faithfulness and the opportunity to speak and act for life.

We are making every effort to end late-term abortion with the goal of ending all abortions and We Thank You for Making These Efforts Possible.

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The U.S. House approved H.R 36 The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act on a 242-184 vote!

This vote comes just days after National Pro-Life Groups Protested at House Speaker John Boehner’s office on Capital Hill demanding that Republican leaders #FreeTheBan and put it up for a vote. Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ stood in solidarity with Pro-Life leaders from all across the country and also delivered signatures collected from a petition by New Mexicans and voices from all across the nation calling for a Ban on Late-Term Abortion to House Speaker Bohener’s office despite his office remaining closed and locked.

When House Speaker John Boehner gave his speech in support of the 20-wk Late-Term Abortion Ban on the House Floor urging Congress to pass the bill he noted, “And I want to take a moment to recognize all of the Americans who spoke out for this bill. Your voices have been heard.”

Well the U.S. House heard our collective voices and we thank them for passing this bill, though not perfect, it will save thousands of lives and will end barbaric Late-Term abortion’s in New Mexico and all across the nation. We will continue to take peaceful and prayerful steps of faith until the mountain of Abortion in our country is cast into the abyss of history!

WND reports, “The bill now goes to the Senate, although there are no immediate plans there to address the measure. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., backs a Senate version of the legislation. Obama’s press secretary, Josh Earnest, blasted the vote as “disgraceful,” threatening a veto from Obama should it reach his desk.”

But according to LifeNews.com, “Pro-life groups hope to use the measure as an election tool in 2016 in an attempt to wrest control of the White House and approve a pro-life president who will sign it into law.”

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Albuquerque, NM- Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ and Apostle Manny Lardizabal, New Mexico Heartland Apostolic Prayer Network (HAPN) State Leader, stood in solidarity with pro-life groups and leaders from all across the country in Washington D.C. urging the passage of the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

Pastor Manny Lardizabal (Left) and Bud Shaver (Right) attempt to hand deliver a petition by New Mexicans and voices from all across the nation calling for a Ban on Late-Term Abortion

Pastor Manny Lardizabal issued the following statement: “I can’t help but meditate on what is at stake, Life and death, lives of millions of children. It’s that fact that motivates us to travel out of our comfort zones into Washington DC. We will join other pro-life leaders from around our nation to hold a protest at the office of House Speaker John Boehner on May 7, urging the passage of the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This is a life and death situation.”

The protest coincided with the National Day of Prayer, 2015. This provided a great opportunity to join together at our nations capital in prayer for our country and it’s leaders…then to get up off of our knees and put our faith into action by protesting the lack of action by House Speaker John Boehner and Republican leadership to introduce a Late-Term Abortion Ban that will save thousands of lives. Everyday that passes means that babies are dying!

Prayer outside of House Speaker John Boehner’s office in Washington D.C.

Unfortunately, House Speaker Boehner’s office did not provide an opportunity for the Pro-Life leaders to present their concerns which included a petition gathered by Protest ABQ, in fact, Boehner’s office was locked and no one came to the door after repeated attempts by EVERY Pro-Life leader gathered.

One of the event organizers, Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition issued the following statement in response, “It is with a sense of profound sadness that…Speaker Boehner…did not even have the decency or courtesy or decorum to even answer the door” for the activists “who helped make him Speaker.”

“The diverse coalition of pro-life leaders held a press conference in front of the building, then walked to Boehner’s office. There, approximately a dozen people prayed, made brief statements about the lack of action on this legislation, and knocked on the locked door. Mahoney, one of the organizers of today’s protest, noted that Boehner’s door is consistently locked. He also criticized the speaker’s staff for not answering the door, which Mahoney said they have done in the past, and which was done when LifeSiteNews.com knocked on the door nearly two hours before the protest started.”

“Mahoney said the protesters are following Jesus’ example as outlined in the parable of the widow and the unjust judge in the Bible. The poor widow kept coming to the judge to beg him to grant her justice, and he eventually relented because of the woman’s persistence.

‘That is what we plan to do with Speaker Boehner and House leadership, ‘Mahoney explained. ‘We will not stop ‘knocking’ until this legislation is voted on.’”

Rev. Patrick Mahoney knocking on House Speaker, John Boehner’s door.

Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust’s James Conrad, Director of Training and Apologetics summarized our protest in Washington D.C. to urge Republican leadership to pass the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, “This is a good bill to get behind, not because it is perfect, but because it shows the Democratic party’s platform for what it is: abortion on demand, any reason or no reason, to the day of birth! It will also protect thousands of children right now from being callously and heartlessly killed! And yet, even if this bill is passed, the children will not have attained justice, because it will still be legal to kill them before 20 weeks or if their father was a rapist. It is wrong to kill defenseless people, even if they cannot feel it and even if their father was a rapist. So we will continue to knock. We will not stop knocking until all children are protected!”

Bud Shaver agrees and as Executive Director of Protest ABQ he and Protest ABQ is committed to stand side by side Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, national pro-life organizations, leaders, and individuals until ALL of the babies receive justice!

James Conrad knocking on House Speaker, John Boehner’s door.

Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ and others attempted a second time to hand deliver signatures collected from a petition by New Mexicans and voices from all across the nation calling for a Ban on Late-Term Abortion, and stated to a journalist from Saynsumthn’s Blog that, “House speaker Boehner refused to open his constituents office to hear the desire of people representing states all across the nation who want to see an end of Late-Term Abortion in our country.”

Bud Shaver traveled from New Mexico to urge Congress to pass the Late-Term Abortion Ban

“Boehner and his staff were well aware of our desire to speak with them today,” Shaver told Saynsumthn.

“It’s a huge disappointment that House Speaker Boehner closed his public office in Washington D.C. to the organizations, Pastors, and leaders from all across the country. In New Mexico it is the Radical pro-abortion Democrats that refused to allow a vote to end Late-Term Abortion. Now it’s the Republican majority in D.C. who are apparently doing the same thing,”

House Speaker Boehner’s office remained locked without anyone willing to open the door…so Bud Shaver left the signatures there at his door.

No Coincidence! Vote on Late-Term Abortion Ban Set for This Week!

Operation Rescue reported Friday morning, “Just hours after 20 pro-life leaders held a press conference seeking an immediate vote on the delayed Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, it has been announced that a vote will now take place next week.”

The Weekly Standard published an article Friday morning, May 8, 2015 with this headline, “House to Vote on 20- Week Abortion Limit Next Week.”

Pastor Manny Lardizabal issued the following statement in response to this encouraging BREAKING development, “This comes a day after many of us pro-life leaders gathered at Speaker Boehner’s office to pray and urge the ban on late term abortion. To God be all the glory.” …if my people who are called by my Name will humble themselves and pray.” …continue in agreement and prayer!”

The full coalition that protested in favor of the Late-Term Abortion Ban Act- H.R. 36 included:

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Bud and Tara Shaver are Pro-Life Missionaries serving in Albuquerque, NM. Commissioned by Operation Rescue to Albuquerque in 2010, they are implementing several proven strategies, in an effort to make New Mexico, "Abortion Free." They have redefined the American mission field and their Pro-Life efforts have been featured in virtually EVERY major news source in the country. Bud and Tara strive to keep Christ at the center of their efforts. [Read More …]

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